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34 The Soil lye idle, which, with fit Manure, Will largest Usury repay, alone Impower'd to supply what Nature asks Frugal, or what nice Appetite requires? The Meadows here, with bat'ning Ooze enrich'd, Give Spirit to the Grass; three Cubits high The jointed Herbage shoots; th' unfallow'd Glebe Yearly o'ercomes the Granaries with Store Of Golden Wheat, the Strength of Human Life. Lo, on auxiliary Poles, the Hops Ascending spiral, rang'd in meet Array! Lo, how the Arable with Barley-Grain Stands thick, o'er-shadow'd, to the thirsty Hind Transporting Prospect! These, as modern Use Ordains, infus'd, an Auburn Drink compose, Wholesome, of deathless Fame. Here, to the Sight, Apples of Price, and plenteous Sheaves of Corn, Oft interlac'd occurr, and both imbibe Rh